Uncle Spielberg
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Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, are being charged with perverting the course of justice as part of the phone hacking inquiry.
Mrs Brooks is facing three charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice while her husband faces two.
In a statement, they accused the CPS of "posturing" and said: "We deplore this weak and unjust decision."
The charges relate to alleged offences in July last year including concealing documents and computers from police.
The couple will become the first suspects to be charged in an inquiry lasting 18 months.
Mrs Brooks's PA, Cheryl Carter, her chauffeur, Paul Edwards, security staff member Daryl Jorsling and News International head of security Mark Hanna are charged with the same offence.
'Unprecedented posturing'
Revealing the charges ahead of a CPS announcement, the couple said: "We have this morning been informed by the Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions that we are to be charged with perverting the course of justice."
They added: "After the further unprecedented posturing of the CPS we will respond later today after our return from the police station."
Announcing the decision to charge the six, director of public prosecutions legal adviser Alison Levitt, QC, said she was making a statement "in the interests of transparency and accountability".
Mrs Brooks was arrested on 13 March as part of Operation Weeting.
She is charged, along with her husband, Ms Carter, Mr Hanna, Mr Edwards and Mr Jorsling and "persons unknown" of conspiring to "conceal material" from police between 6 and 19 July.
In a second charge, she and Ms Carter are accused of conspiring to remove seven boxes of material from the News International archive between 6 and 9 July.
And in a third charge, Mr and Mrs Brooks, Mr Hanna, Mr Edwards and Mr Jorsling are accused of conspiring to conceal documents, computers and other electronic equipment from police officers between 15 and 19 July.
A seventh unnamed suspect, who also provided security for Mrs Brooks, will not be charged.
Mrs Brooks is facing three charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice while her husband faces two.
In a statement, they accused the CPS of "posturing" and said: "We deplore this weak and unjust decision."
The charges relate to alleged offences in July last year including concealing documents and computers from police.
The couple will become the first suspects to be charged in an inquiry lasting 18 months.
Mrs Brooks's PA, Cheryl Carter, her chauffeur, Paul Edwards, security staff member Daryl Jorsling and News International head of security Mark Hanna are charged with the same offence.
'Unprecedented posturing'
Revealing the charges ahead of a CPS announcement, the couple said: "We have this morning been informed by the Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions that we are to be charged with perverting the course of justice."
They added: "After the further unprecedented posturing of the CPS we will respond later today after our return from the police station."
Announcing the decision to charge the six, director of public prosecutions legal adviser Alison Levitt, QC, said she was making a statement "in the interests of transparency and accountability".
Mrs Brooks was arrested on 13 March as part of Operation Weeting.
She is charged, along with her husband, Ms Carter, Mr Hanna, Mr Edwards and Mr Jorsling and "persons unknown" of conspiring to "conceal material" from police between 6 and 19 July.
In a second charge, she and Ms Carter are accused of conspiring to remove seven boxes of material from the News International archive between 6 and 9 July.
And in a third charge, Mr and Mrs Brooks, Mr Hanna, Mr Edwards and Mr Jorsling are accused of conspiring to conceal documents, computers and other electronic equipment from police officers between 15 and 19 July.
A seventh unnamed suspect, who also provided security for Mrs Brooks, will not be charged.
Vile woman.
